New Britain Herald Newspaper, March 31, 1925, Page 2

N A A0 AN LD 1 AR Your Clothes Use Wayne Prices from $1.13 up THE DRUG CO. ] 169-171 MAIN ST. e ) EASTER Shirts and Neckwear ~ waga can vehemently denied. [yhe topics on the street, but he never = “That's all” said Groehl and the back.” He stood back, but got a s questions showed that e lyaq pusiness with him. witness stepped down from the wit. [800d 100k at the man. He pointed e had from Chapman some of the | «pjid he offer you stolen bonds?” |ness stand. {out Chapman as the man who came I8 MasdRlonone Coor 0F |iintimate detalis ot his assoclation | eyes, | John Marshall of Swarthmore, extravagant appearance WIMOUL}|ywjrh Shean. Shean, his volce rals-y w“what aia he say?” 'Pa., a chemist, identified two bot- (Continued on Page 15) inviting its closest ‘relative along | |4 denied having given Chapman “That he had $100,000 stolen ® 2 information on possible gafe rob- |honds to sell?” | Easter § beries “What did you say?" i have succeed Jimmy and Sledge in Court “I told him I would see him in | i in elabor- Shean took the stand at 10:20 3 day or two and let him know.” | L] L] > same time put | [ o'clock. The jimmy found in the| ghean didn’t know where to reach store and the sledge hammer were |yim byt he told him to get him at | t& with separ- | introdueed as exhibita. The con-|ihe Hotel Cooley. .He heard from ’ 13 tents of the brief case were intro- (pym a few days later. He sald he | s of | duced |telephoned Washington the night of rr | e Groeht started Shean oft |t "nat avy. Ha. totd nir, can- (N 127 MAIN ST, PHONE 1409-2 friends wi HORSFALLS Isylum Stree Hartford. 93 “It Pays to Buy Our Kind When You See People Laughing to Themselvos They Caught ‘40 WINKS’’ f virvim. JUAPITOL — THURS., FR SA DR. LASCH Dentist Quartz Light For Pyorrhea 353 MAIN ST. J. D. DONAHUE VOICE CULTURE Special attention to heginners and children under 16, Rooms 318-319 Tooth's Block. Tel, 1234-13. COAL The SHURBERG COAL (O, 56 Franklin Street Phone 2250. ICAPITOL — THURS,, FRL, SA' USE SEIBERTS PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM ) SWING TOWARD HEALTH et ‘ “When did you first mee !"p'c-! 3 A o, - e < | tor Brown?" 3 Swing your family to- “I first met him on a case the | E ward health and safe- | government was interested in" | 3 L, L z 2 “What was ! 3 ty. Ask us to deliver “Mojen bonds. | o Stolen in W , isn " E your milk and cream, 3 | ol g 1 Denc A | i it's pure, rich and re in Bennsylvan: | 3 M| “vou know Wyomlssing and Read- wholesome. ; : i Brown speak to you you | : ESEIBERT & SONK 2. » HONEYMAN AUTO SALES CO. 3 g ent wante o locate,” y AT GAIEIK BF il | TInt wamed e o [ 139 ARCH ST. 3 4 PHONE 1720 1N Where did you get that informa- | N VW BRIITAIN, CONN ol e T | 3 Wt sume 17 serierrs. ; ere you the reciplent for that In the Interest of Wardrobes |Moth proof—Dust proof DICKINSON | = 1 Mogndores 40 Thrills, 40 Langhs, 40 Gaps ‘‘40 WINKS” kind of newi “What did Inspector Cunningham from the department of justice see you about " “He had information stolen bonds." “Where did you get your informa- thon 2" “}rom people who tried to nego- tlate the sale of them through him." | “What did you do?" “I telephoned to Washington to the department of justice and told | Yes, some of them." 'All crooks?" o “You went out on the Davidson and Leventhal job, didn't you?" “Yes, T went in to get all money T could out of it." He sald he was never on & crook- | o4 job before, He sald He needed money saveral times in business, but didn't need money specially last fall, Judge Rebukes Groehl He was asked if he knew a Mr, Baker from Springfleld and he said he did. Judge Groehl called~ for Mr. Baker and recelved no answer. IHe implied that he must have been put out of court and Judge Jen- nings febuked him for iwiputations that he was not being treated fairly, Judge Groehl resnmed his questions SHEAN ADMITS HE -~ WAS WILLING AID (Continued from First Page.) talned many irrelevant statements, but Judge Jennings refused to order relative to the |Alcorn to produce the statement ex- |cept on the state attorney's eondl- |} am about the bonds. |tions. Groeh! refused the statement | }ia said a man named Marshall in on thoss terms | 8pringfield had the bonds and Jo- | Groehl gave Shean an unpleasant igeph was his first name. He had |tew minutes over his admitted pur- (4 middle initial. He wouldn't know chase of $4,500 of $7.000 worth of piy writing or he wouldn‘t call him bonds he knew to have been stolen |4 wgooq friend.” He knew him two o e Ioo) , |by saying that Shean had taken rom the bank of Wyomissing, P8 |years, He met him in an offtce |$10,000 from Baker, fbsan sald & The hame “" ";""' }: _“(‘,'i::l where they make bets on horses. He |was a loan. He sald Walter B, Car- itk oot hiny | near s smade Eany, Bockay rigan introduced him to Baker, He e atant although Groen |, Fi? had been at the Baratoga race |knew Carrigan was @ fugitivé from {Shean said he dldn't although GOl | irack several times. . He used {0/ justice, and that he was a fusitive ehowed that both Shean and S Imeet Marshall on the street and 4n |or a fittle over a year. Ho said ho | e araten forgta ot aulunch roor. Dald back Baker all except $368 and | sion told police they lived at Tsa| “What in that night lunch wagen his lawyers had the checks. He sald | ion told ¥ : | where you used to hang out?” the lawyers would produce the | Wost 86th strest, New York. b g G PED! 0 | He sald that he néver had a lunch |checks tomorrow, | sant was the man {dentified | 32"y nangout. York city jail last Decem- Shean's accomplice in the ritain crime. Chapman Out of Picture For more than an hour Chap-| man’s name, nor none of his aliases | e, . Denies Stuyvesant Was Man Not Marty ‘i ch wa- "y ""n.fi“ farty Donovan's lunch Wa-| (o rocesy Shean went back to He sald Donovan has & nice rvl-i'h" witness stand for further grill- | [ D hmaton street, but |Ing: He was siked whether it was oy 0 Iniot true that George Stuyvesant of he was very seldom in there. [ i Reterence To Crooks Ruled Qut | Troy, N. Y., was his companion in was mentioned in court this morn- “You and all your-crook friends?" l'h" Davidson & Leventhal burglary. | ing. Shean in his role of star wit-| .y onject” shouted Mr. Alcorn |He insisted that he was not ac- | nese under fire engrossed all the at- jumping up. quainted with Stuyvesant, i tention, the crowded courtroom |” wgygtained. Strike out the word Denies Skelly Identification One of his most sensational state- ¥ drinking in the recital of the |icrook’," said Judge Jennings ments was made in connection with his past life “Did you ever take Marshall to apman ceused his note making. |ypa” rittle River Inn?" the scene at the hospital when Po- 1 back in his chair, fingered | uxayer.” liceman Skelly was dying. He de- chin and watched his one time re you and Marshall the same |nled that Skelly had said he was friend under fire in the witness |y .oan |the man who did the shooting. chair, “No, it's impossible.” | “Then the New Britain policemen With startilng suddenness, Groehl “How did you first meet him?” were mistaken and you are telling returned to Chapman, asking if| i a ‘horse’ pool room, and oc- the truth?" Groehl asked. Shean had not attempted to get|cqgionally on the street.” “That’s right,” the witness re- | Chapman to “do some jobs” for him. | He sald that they talked about |plied. PAlcorn has also called upon him to |alleyway while two of them went to | Chance, saying: tles of liquid as nitro glycerine, The hottles were found in the au- tomobile which Chapman and Shean are sald to have used to bring them to this city, He also fidentified a number of caps and fuses which were found in the automoblle, A subpoena has been issued by the defense for Emil J. Danberg, clerk of the New Britaln police court, and he cameo to Hartford this afternoon, produce a certified copy of the po- llee court record of Edward L. John- son. Chief Hart of the New Britain po- lice force went to the stand soon af- ter 8 o'clock to tell of the investiga- tion of the burglary and events that followed.” He will also be u.ked to jdentify cracksmen's tools found in Shean's oftice in Springfield. The three witnesses examined lata yesterday afternoon proved to be important from the state's stand- point. g . Adolph La Chance of Plainville, a night watchman at the P, & F. Cor- bin Co. plant in New Britain, stated on the witness stand that he had left work that morning and that he was standing In front of the Da- yidson & Leventhal store shortly after 7 o'clock in the morning of October 12, 1925, waiting for a Plainville trolley car. He saw a man come out of the alleyway carry- ing a small satchel, go up " Main street, turn the corner and furn down Church street. - He was there when the car load of policemen ar- rived and he saw them go down the Church street. While standing there, he states, he heard a shot fired and he walked from the alleyway to the front door. He saw a man on the inside put his hand on the door and come out, As he looked at him, the man was carrying a pistel in This right hand and he spoke to La “Sand back, stand on a nerve racking gruelling by ask- 11 | 'ing him how old he was, if he was {ningham, then assistant to Willlam |J. Burns, chief of thessecret service. [4 married and it he was living with |He said several days later Bill his wife, He answered 39 years,|Brown came from Springfield. He | arried and not living with his [sald he was sent hecause of a tele- |'phone call to Washington. He said “Are you divorerd?” he listened to the proposition so == *I understand T a that he could notify the government. He was married 1 cars but had [He denied that he negotiated any . . C no children. part of the bonds, He didn't know rlngtlme oats tl Never Convieted of Crime [whether Marshall was ever caught | e eaid he was mever convictod or not. Handsome, indeed, are the Elo fratimel (LD B0 R L LB models of imported materials, only June, 1924 | Judge Groehl asked him if he has | ¢ hesieiie ks »” 10 he Was?" |heen indicted for murder. He said, one ol each style: ome have hean here hesitated and asked to | “No," He sald he was held on a the touch of smartness that a fur collar with | murder charge without bonds at the Hartford county jail. He made a full statement but he didn't sign it. He says he hasn't changed it. He has been sitting in the court room Thursday and Friday of last {week and Monday of this week. | He said he was “quite friendly" | e has heard the witnesses testi- He stayed in Springfleld |y, He heard the request that Judge | about eight or nine weeks and then ! Groehi made to have the witnesses 7. he went west. He didn't know where |excluded from court. He said he sat e went and he didn't ask him. He iin the first or second row of seats. said he never saw him since. He!| Judge Groehl returned to the N heard that he was in Atlanta prison. | Britain police station. Did you know he was a ‘peter-| “Didn't the officors there kick you man,’ a safe blower?" |around and beat you up?” | Shean denied this, but sald he told You knew what ‘peterman meant |his story to Chief Hart. He sald he always did business with the head of | concern and that is why he called ave the question repeated. He said | hie knew him only through George He sald Brown came from | somewhere in the west. he doesn't know where. He met him for the | first time about four years ago at | the Hotel Cooley, Brown. $2 Sport Coats, attractive breasted style, $25.00 to Novelty Cuff Gloves Chamois Kid, French Kid and 25, and § | You knew Brown was a ‘peter- for Hart, & : A man when you met him in the Hotel | “Was Marshall the head of his If you want to look att oley, that rendezvous of crooks usiness?" i 4 t is owned by your father?” I suppose #0." of garments in this line offe i ‘horse’ fellows No, 1 did n “You met him in a was an electrician.” room and all thess | “Did you believe him?” | vour friends? | “Yes, I did." . | “Did he know any other | of this kin?" | I don't know, 1 only talked witk him {n the hotel about automobijes.’ pool were He told me he | figure problem whatsoever. liar?" ‘ “I found it out.” “Then. you'd accept anyons who | came from Brown after you knew | | he was & lar?" | “Yes." | He sald he never heard from him since, | “You remember that when you | were arrested you said you gave the nam of respect to your because you didn't want to | his name?” T.} casions did you?” | | iisgrace him on any | | i You you know another man nam- | ed Brown?" | No, I do not Don't you know Inspector Brown o0f the department of justice? | | “Yes | “Well, he's another Brown, lsn't | Yer, I forgot him.” | Denies Posing as Detective He said that Inspector Brown tal 4 with him at the Hartford County ail | “Did you were maka a statement that | a secret mervice man?” in my life.” you tell “Didr a sec Brown you were t service man and that you were watching Chapman? 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Others are beautified bordered effects or contrast- 6.98 ., $75.00 models, girlish in mode, are $45.00. of Chamois Suede Fabric, Summer Cape, $1.00 to §3.00. ractive, buy a garment from 1 immediate solution for any "Phone 2109 Boys’ and Girls’ Slickers $2.95 Slzes 4 to 10, Wed- nesday only. (2nd Floor) Girls' Coats Sizes 7 to 14 $7.95 to $16.95 A wonderful collection to choose from in. the mewest styles and colors. I | \\ vIJ Sizes 13 to 19 $15.00 to $19.95 Buoyant Faster modes for the Juhfor Miss. New ma- materials and colors. il Kiddy’s Coats Sizes 2 to 6 $5.95 to $16.75 Choose from the very new- est models. Splendid Coats for the little Miss. Children’s Muslin Undies Muslin Slips. 98¢ to $1.95 Muslin Bloomers 49¢ to69¢c Bloomer Combinations, , the suit. Y imported mixtures. too! 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Some are belted, while others are not; but all impart a trim manly appear- ance, 3 and 4-piece styles, Come with a pair of golf knickers and walking Knickers, insuring “double Included are solid blues and Splendid values, Slipons, Coats, Wool, New Novelty Suits for Junior! & DADY wd VR TOU New Easter Wearables Bonnets 98¢ to $3.95 Silks, Poplins, Boys' and Girls’ “Slickers $4.45 Sizes 12 to 18, Wed- nesday only, ! (2nd Floor) Girls’ Dresses Sizes 8 to 16 $9.95 to $24.95 All white Silk Party Dresses in exquisite styles, Splendidly made, Sizes 7 to 14 $5.95 to $14.95 Silk and Flannel Dresses as well as Crepes and Silkettes, Sizes 7 to'14 $1.95 to $4.95 Prints, Pongee, Chambray, Fnglish Broadcloth and Candy Stripe Dresses. Jumper Dresses $1.95 and $2.95 Made of gingham and Ra- Jah Cloths, with a lovely dimity waist. Sizes 7 to 14. Kiddy’s Dresses $1.95 to $3.95 Dresses with and without Bloomers. Chambrays, Prints, Broadcloths, Linens. 2 to 6 years, lite” to Coats $2.95 to $7.95 , Pinks, Blues, Whites, Silks, | Propellers, ete. Cashmeres, 49c to $1.98 Dalby Knit Brands, Shirts, eto. Also Carriage Cavers, Silk Quilts, Slips, ete. (2nd Floor) 2 & 3 Pe. Suits $7.95 to $14.95 These are made from Imported fabrics. Satin Suits $7.95 to $10.95 Dalkan and 3-plece styles. Trimmed with smocking. Wash Suits §1.95 to $2.95 In Middy, Balkan and Oliver Twist styles. Boys’ Hats at 98¢ to $1.49 Come in all the new spring styles and cole orings. ———— — i Ak 2 ot =>ve. 02 e an < 7B Spws o O oF A Y i o0 —a